Can behavioral economics save us from ourselves?
Traditional economics holds that humans, as rational beings, make choices
to maximize their welfare. Richard Thaler argues that policy makers would
do well to remember that rationality has its bounds.
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Crescent boonThe Oriental Institute links lands from Mesopotamia through modern
Israel—and reintroduces its east wing.
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Confessions of a scholar-bloggerThe writer, editor, and publisher of danieldrezner.com reveals
how he balances his day job as an assistant professor with his passion for
electronic commentary.
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Too late in the daySummer 1955: South Sider Ronne Hartfield graduates from the U of
C--and her young neighbor, Emmett Till, is murdered in Mississippi.
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